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Excerpt from Published in Connection With the Exhibition of the Historical Painting of Lincoln at Gettysburg This idea speedily developed into a project for a national cemetery, and on Nov. 19th the ground was dedicated, the invitation to the ceremonies being extended by Gov. Curtin, of Pennsylvania, seconded by the governors of eighteen other States. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.